Section: Tasnim News Agency (Iran)
Ukraine Sticks to Positions on Russia but Leaves Room for 'Compromises'
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Ukrainian president’s new chief of staff on Wednesday stuck to Kiev’s existing positions on ending the war against Russian-backed forces in the eastern Donbass region but said there could be compromises during negotiations with Moscow. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Putin Picks New Ukraine Negotiator after Ties Thaw A Little
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a senior Ukrainian-born Russian official was now in charge of managing Moscow’s relations with Ukraine, a move likely to be seen by some politicians in Kiev as further evidence of a slight thaw in ties. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Schiff: Bolton 'Refused' to Submit Affidavit on Trump's Involvement in Ukraine Controversy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said former US national security adviser John Bolton “refused” to submit an affidavit on his take of President Trump’s “Ukraine misconduct” when asked by House Democrats. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Block Placed on Email Details about Trump Hold on Ukraine Aid: Media
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US officials have cited presidential privilege in withholding details of 24 emails related to President Donald Trump’s hold on military assistance to Ukraine, US media reported on Saturday. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Former US Envoy to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch Retires from State Department
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, a central figure in the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, retired from the State Department on Friday after three decades in the Foreign Service, a person familiar with her plans confirmed. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Poll: More than Half of Americans 'Increasingly Convinced' Trump Did Something Wrong
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than half of Americans said they are “increasingly convinced” that Donald Trump committed some wrongdoing in his dealing with Ukraine, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday, amid the US president’s ongoing impeachment trial. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Bolton Says Trump Tied Ukraine Funds to Probe
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Donald Trump said he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it aided political investigations into his Democratic rivals, former national security adviser John Bolton recounts in a draft of his forthcoming book. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Recording Appears to Catch Trump Demanding Ambassador's Ouster
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An audio recording appeared to capture US President Donald Trump calling in 2018 for the firing of the then US ambassador to Ukraine, a main figure in the series of events that led to his impeachment, ABC News reported on Friday. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Democrats Argue ‘Right Matters’ in Trump Impeachment Trial
TEHRAN(Tasnim) – Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case Thursday at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a “completely bogus” Ukraine theory pushed by attorney Rudy Giuliani. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Trump Accused of Corrupt Scheme to Pressure Ukraine at Impeachment Trial
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Democrats accused US President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get re-elected and warned that America’s global prestige would suffer if the US Senate acquits him. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
